to one side
idiom
1
: in a direction that is away from or beyond the center of something
The dog tilted its head to one side.
2
: to a place that is on one side : aside
He put his luggage to one side.
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Add the Cream and Seasonings Push the meatballs to one side of the pan.
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
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A more comedic moment came when the older of the duo was filmed gently shoving a small child, presumably his owner's, to one side to get to his new patch of grass before anyone else.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
In this case, the combatants are, to one side, a group of 100 unspecified men — and, on the other, a single gorilla, one of those noble herbivorous great apes found in equatorial Africa.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
Cunha has perfect profile for an elite forward Analysis by Mark Carey
Pushing his temperament to one side for a moment, there is little doubt that Matheus Cunha has been Wolves’s talisman this season.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
This Is The Life Demo Hannah Montana - out of context hannah montana
A more comedic moment came when the older of the duo was filmed gently shoving a small child, presumably his owner's, to one side to get to his new patch of grass before anyone else.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
In this case, the combatants are, to one side, a group of 100 unspecified men — and, on the other, a single gorilla, one of those noble herbivorous great apes found in equatorial Africa.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
Cunha has perfect profile for an elite forward Analysis by Mark Carey
Pushing his temperament to one side for a moment, there is little doubt that Matheus Cunha has been Wolves’s talisman this season.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to one side
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“To one side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20one%20side. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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